Jonas Valančiūnas is currently averaging a double-double in the FIBA U19 World Championships. His 20.7 points and 13.3 rebounds per game make him the leader in both categories. Discuss Jonas Valanciunas in our Lithuania forum. Just 19 years old, the center sucks in rebounds with his length, athleticism, and most importantly, his desire. After moving [...]

Lithuanian center, international basketball legend, and former Portland Trailblazer Arvydas Sabonis will be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall-of-Fame in the class of 2011. Discuss Dennis Rodman, Arvydas Sabonis, & Chris Mullin’s career in our forum Already a member of the FIBA Hall of Fame (he joined with the 2010 class), Sabonis will be inducted [...]

A month after dismissing Aco Petrović, Žalgiris Kaunas decided to hand the helm of the team to Elias Zouros. (Discuss Žalgiris 2010-2011 in our Lithuanian Basketball Forum (LKL)) The 44-year-old Greek is the third head coach of the team this season (after Petrović and interim Rimantas Grigas) and was signed just in time for Euroleague’s [...]

Lithuanian star and former-NBA player Šarūnas Jasikevičius has joined Turkish league champion Fenerbahce Ulker on Friday. (Read our thread “Jasikevicius to Fenerbahçe?“) The Turkish club’s website announced that the 34-year old Jasikevicius will leave Lietuvos Rytas in his native Lithuania. In six games, “Saras” averaged 7.3 points and 4.3 assists off the bench for Rytas [...]

Once again heads roll in Lithuanian giants Žalgiris Kaunas. The board of the club decided to dismiss coach Aco Petrović four months after the 51-year-old Serbian arrived in the team. (Discuss Žalgiris 2010-2011 in our Lithuanian Basketball Forum (LKL)) Despite the good campaign of Žalgiris in the national league and European competitions, the directors were [...]

SABONIS FOR GOVERNOR 2010! (Discuss) These Sabonis posters were sarcastically plastered around the Portland area as former Blazer Chris Dudley lost his bid to become Oregon’s new Governor. Interbasket wonders if Big Red is a Democrat, GOP or independent?

When Turkey was awarded the 2010 FIBA World Championship several years ago, every fan from Istanbul to Ankara to Kayseri to Izmir and everywhere else in this beautiful country hoped for one thing and one thing only. They wanted a Final between Turkey and the United States. Well, they’ve got what they wanted. (Discuss the [...]